Corvette Critique from Stylists in 1961 Stylist #1 - The 1961 Corvette offers proof for the old adage, "Too many cooks spoil the broth." Almost every detail in the design is good. However, there are two problems: there are too many such good details, and they have no relationship to each other, save that they are on the same car. Certainly the new rear end is handsome; it comes from the much-admired racing Stingray. One can only wish that the cramped 1954 cockpit and the busy 1958 front end could also be replaced with Stingray designs, so that the only American sports car would have some much-needed unity. Stylist #2 - Round cars and crisp cars are two different kinds of styling, but Corvette stylists apparently felt that half and half is an ideal compromise. The rear looks interesting but not with the round front shapes. Surely this isn't the only styling that would have worked on the Corvette rear. Stylist #3 - Although not in character with the rest of the car, the Corvette's new rear end is still an excellent example of good transitional styling. It gives a good look at the future. The Corvette will be slowly changed over to a replica of the Stingray experimental Corvette.
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